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2 Jiao / 20 Cents Pattern, copper

Issuer Kwangsi Province
Year 1921
Type Coin pattern
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Obverse lettering 年十國民華中 貳 幣銀 毫 造省西廣
(Translation: Year 10 of the Republic of China 2 Jiao / Silver coin Made in Kwangsi Province)
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Kwangsi's 1921 pattern coinage emerged from a period when provincial mints across southern China were asserting de facto monetary independence from a Beijing government that had largely lost control of the interior. Whether this copper striking was a serious production proposal or a die trial for assessing alloy appearance before committing to a silver or cupro-nickel run is unresolved — surviving examples are few enough that no consensus has formed. The Y#415c designation groups it with related provincial pattern material, but the KM#Pn7 listing treats it as a discrete issue.

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